Dubliners do battle for £250k ‘Apprentice’ prize

A burlesque dancer, a hypnotherapist with a matchmaking firm, a pub quiz boss, and two Dubliners are among the candidates in this year’s series of The Apprentice.

They are each hoping to impress Alan Sugar and his advisers Karen Brady and Nick Hewer to survive the weekly boardroom massacres in an effort to win a £250,000 (€317,000) investment in their businesses.

The show will this year feature 20 contestants — four more than normal — but the show will last the usual 12 weeks, which means more than one elimination on a number of shows.